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Ellison Lecture: Frank X Walker

Archives for February 2018

Since the first Vann Vocal Institute Celebrity Recital was offered at Huntingdon College 11 years ago, stars representing every corner of the opera universe have amazed and delighted audiences during this nearly annual event. Thursday, March 8, at 7:00 p.m. in Ligon Chapel, Flowers Hall, world-renowned operatic artists who normally perform with such landmark companies as the Metropolitan in New York and the Lyric Opera of Chicago will converge on stage once again for the Celebrity Recital, a free public concert for the Montgomery community.

The Huntingdon College Ability Sport Network wheelchair basketball team, the Red Wings, will host a wheelchair basketball competition, Saturday, February 24, 9:00 a.m. in the James W. Wilson Jr. Gymnasium inside the Will and Kelly Wilson Community and Athletic Center.

Former Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X. Walker, a professor of English and African American/Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky, will be the featured speaker for Huntingdon College’s Rhoda Coleman Ellison Writers Festival and Lecture, Thursday, February 22, 7:30 p.m. in Smith Music Building’s Delchamps Recital Hall. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Walker has been voted one of the most creative professors in the South.

Huntingdon College faculty member Dr. Blake Ball, assistant professor of history, received word this week that his doctoral dissertation has been recognized with the 2017 University of Alabama Outstanding Dissertation Award.

The Talon A grip on news in the Huntingdon College family February 6, 2018 Send us your news at news@hawks.huntingdon.edu What’s New? Reminder: This Week: Black History Month Arts Event Former Kentucky Poet Laureate to Speak for Ellison Lecture Former Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X Walker, a professor of English and African American/Africana Studies at […]

Huntingdon College has been honored with 2017 Tree Campus USA® recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation. The Tree Campus USA program honors colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals.

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